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getagrip
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#1 · Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:22
Ok, so I don't know if they are "really" cracking down, but at least they have set new terms and conditions that don't allow for deceptive advertising, which means dishonest merchants can be dropped - check out the new TOS here:
http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-basics/selling-basics/vendor-promotional-guid elines/
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talfighel
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#2 · Posted: 12 Aug 2011 09:41 · Edited by: talfighel
The new FTC guidelines has made Clickbank take the necessary action to warn vendors what to do and what not to do on their sales letter.
Will they drop many vendors for not following the new rules? I don't really know. Many vendors are not going to follow the new rules.
Maybe many of them will go somewhere else.
I wrote a review for a product a year ago. This niche has nothing to do with the work at home niche. I used to get like 2 sales per month for them but since they did not follow the rules or something, Clickbank deleted their account and I no longer make sales with them.
While writing reviews for clickbank products is great and can get you sales, you can never know if that product will be sold through them or not or dropped.
I currently have like 200+ reviews for CB products but had to stop writing this month since I don't want to waste my time on products that might be dropped next month for not following the new rules.
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Barb Thornback
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#3 · Posted: 16 Aug 2011 07:25
As affiliates we have to also make sure our Disclaimers are up to date.
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A8ch
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#4 · Posted: 16 Aug 2011 19:54
Thanks for the update, Keith. These new guidelines should weed out some of the bad apples. Of course you can expect to see marketers using interesting and creative ways to skirt the rules. And so it goes...
Hermas
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FreeCashMan
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#5 · Posted: 19 Aug 2011 00:14 · Edited by: FreeCashMan
We all know there is a lot of Clickbank Bullcrap out there, so may this help clean up the mess while letting the good ones continue to get blessed with many sales.
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kensomerville
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#6 · Posted: 17 Jan 2012 21:15
This may help, but it may not, they will just come back with new names and it will be the same old scam and spam.
Click band by it's self is great, I have bought products and when it was junk, I got my money back, no problem.
It's the scams and BS. that you have to deal with. But that is affiliate maketing, right!
I hope that this will clean things up.
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getagrip
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#7 · Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:47 · Edited by: getagrip
FreeCashMan: We all know there is a lot of Clickbank Bullcrap out there, so may this help clean up the mess while letting the good ones continue to get blessed with many sales.
I like Clickbank a lot, and there are some great products that you can purchase there. What I've discovered, however, is that most products that promise "miracles" are basically scams, whether they are about getting rich quick or miracule health cures. I really wish Clickbank wouldn't allow some of these products in their marketplace, but they do, as they don't evaluate whether the claims made in the ebooks are factual or not.
However, as an affiliate, you can get a pretty good idea about which products are legitimate and which ones are not. For example, "Bass Fishing Secrets" is probably a good read, and is worth promoting. Something like, "How to Grow 2 Inches Taller in 3 Days" is probably not...
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PeterFrosen
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#8 · Posted: 27 Jan 2012 15:46
getagrip
I recently came across a product that had $1000s of marketing put into it and it was a complete utter scam.
It promised people financial freedom and all it is, is a temporary hack on fb notes that really won't last that long.
What surprsied me the most was that fact that this cb product was being promoted by big names for the fact that they know that this stuff would convert.
pretty sad
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Martin Butler
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#9 · Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:44
The net has been cast wide. Look at how Google shut down all those adwords accounts, even the big gurus got slapped who were spending a fortune.
Were in a big brother mentality run system now and it's only going to get worse.
Google is fast positioning it's self as an oracle and if you don't comply, you will be terminated online.
Stay true and ethical and provide real products and services that people want and you should be ok.
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talfighel
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#10 · Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:44
It does not look like they have done anything. They just warned people and that's about it.
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